Cerro Gordo High School - Gordian Yearbook (Cerro Gordo, IL)

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STUDY HALL BACKGROUND IT's hard To sTudy in an ordinary TirsT hour bu+ band pracTice makes iT aImosT an impossibiIiTy. All inTenTions To concenTraTe are broken when noTes, rhymThic as The iungle beaT. hold your mind Tense in a powerful grip. IT carries you away To a Throbbing land oT sound which only a bell can shaTTer-buT, IeT The band speak Tor iTseITI FirsT a soTT and genTIe Tingle Like The rain drops on The shingle: Then a sTop-all noTes drop, NexT iT soTTIy sTarTs again Like waTer boiling in a pan: Now begins a merry Trill Like a crickeT in a mill: Soon The Tones grow loud and wide As The rising OT The Tide: WiTh .iT comes a sTeady cIaTTer Like The maid when sTirring baTTer: O'er The music comes a change Every Tone is wild and sTrange: LisTen To The IoTTy Tumbling, I-Iear The mumbling, Tumbling, iumbling Like The rumbling and The grumbling 3 l See Our QuaIiTy Farm ImplemenTs EDWIN BEAN Of The Thunder Trom iTs slumberingg All The earTh is shaking, I-leads are aching: Glory bel IT's wondrous, Rolling, over, round, and under us Like an old voIcano's sTroke, So Thunderous. Now iT's louder! Won'T iT soon be Through. BuT There's iusT one Thing To do- Iv1usTer up your courage Tor a bang, I-IIT ThirTy seven quarTers wiTh a band, STriIce a high noTe wiTh a Twang. Give The bass an awful whang, And end iT all WiTh a rang, Tang, clangl WILLIAMSON PRESS H. L. Williamson. Presidenf A FUN Line of Springfield, Illinois OLIVER FARM IMPLEMENTS Your business will be appreciaTed C3 . , QuaIiTy farm implemenTs aT reasonable prices Telephone No. 4I Cerro Gordo, III. YEARBOOKS OF DISTINCTION 53

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broke an ankle. Because we were always boisTerous, one esTeemed Teacher deTermined To alTer our naTures. We were inTormed in a deTen- Tian aTTer school ThaT we girls playing leap Trog were hardly puTTing on a ladylike exhibiTion. The same Teacher had made us all shake in our booTs when she roared aT The poor Tellow who had The hiccoughs. And Thrills oT Thrills when The Teacher came in The room wiTh a belT in hand which he had Taken Trom his panTs To whip a boy. A new sTudenT who made a Timely debuT during The lull enTerTained us wiTh such anTics as swinging over our heads and under our noses. a dead sparrow Tied To a sTring. l-le would also make groTesque Taces while pre- Tending To sliT his ThroaT or cuT oTT his ears wiTh a pockeT kniTe. We were always an aThleTic group, roller skaTing, sledding, playing whipcracker. and swinging ouT'wiTh calloused hands Trom The merry-go-round. The girls even goT down on hands and knees and engaged in marble Tourna- menTs. The TirsT day oT May was almosT as good as ChrisTmas: we'd all Trudge down To The violeT paTch, spend The evening making baskeTs and Then aTTer dark sTealThily Till Them Trom The neighbors' choice Tlowers. SomeTimes we Took Their Tlowers and leTT onions and dandelions which were a sign oT scorn. All The Teachers were aware oT our mischievous na- Tures and were parTicularly disgusTed when we explored The aTTic. Class was oTTen broken up by The wail oT ThoT old organ in The aTTic and pound- ing TeeT overhead. One, hoping To scare us. locked us in. BUT aTTer a delayed exiT on our parT, she came aTTer us and we hid Trom her among The huge chimneys and in The cupolas. lT's a panicky Teeling To run Tram a Teacher. ' We belonged To all The organizaTions--MoTher's Jewels. King's l-lerald. and Girl ScouTs. ATTer The meeTings oT The laTTer we would sere- nade and heckle Those oT The TaculTy who had, in our opinion. deserved vengeance. NighT oT nighTs was graduaTion evening. Boys sTiTF in whiTe Trousers, girls resplendenT in sTarched organdy--all waiTing wiTh held breaThs Tor The Legion awards. Our rural pupils didn'T deTracT Trom our enviable record. They were painTing all The liTTle whiTe school houses red wiThin a radius oT eighT miles Trom Cerro Gordo. They hid in The culverT unTil Their Teacher had gone home and Then pilTered The school house. There was a Triendly old cow which The pupils plied wiTh orange peels and bread crusTs. The cow musT have been a specTacle rearing down The pasTure wiTh sacks on her horns and colored sTring Tied To her Tail. Bob McCarTney. by repeaTed shavings. was able To coax ouT Three whiskers. Bill ArmsworTh had all The appear- ance oT a lady's man and early learned ThaT girls love To have passes made aT Them wiTh Tishworms. The CiscoiTes were held gaping aT Dick Remmer's Tales abouT his numerous greaT uncles. Mary Blick used To have a yen Tor slim boys, buT she's changed, Too. Mary Helen l-liser was breaking The records Tor volubiliTy and is sTill seTTing new records. These are buT a Tew oT The Tomily skeleTons. Perhaps They'll drag TorTh a Troop oT oThers To amuse you-ghosTs, especially memory ghosTs. love company. 52

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REGULAR DINNERS AT NOON SHORT ORDERS AT ALL TIMES Miclwesl Ice Cream Toboccos Candies Gum The 5T s Cafe Dee Tyler, Propriefor COMPLIMENTS or THE BEMENT THEATER l l - l I7 F 1 i COMPLIMENTS I I ALL TYPES OF REAL ESTATE or J. G. LAMB, M. D. Cerro Gordo. Illinois I BOUGHT AND SOLD b 0 Crea van Dongen Cerro Gordo, Illinois Tel. I88R2